Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions says he has other things on his mind besides running to reclaim his old Senate seat – like hanging out in the woods and spending time with his grandkids.

'No. I mean, no,' Sessions told Politico when asked if he misses the Senate. 'I could go back and spend time in the woods. I've got 10 grandchildren, oldest is 11.'

Sessions left a perch in the Senate to become President Donald Trump's attorney general – only to suffer frequent criticism and ridicule from his boss for having recused himself from the Russia probe.

Then, the seat Sessions held in the Senate for two decades fell into the hands of Democratic Sen. Doug Jones, after GOP candidate Judge Roy Moore batted back a series of reports that he hit on young teen girls decades ago when he was a prosecutor in his 30s.

Sessions indicated he wants to spend time with his grandchildren when asked whether he would run to reclaim his old Senate seat

Jones won a special election last year and needs to run again in 2020 for a full term.

Sessions got pushed out by President Trump after the midterms, but did not evidence any enthusiasm to rejoin the Senate.

'I'll go to Alabama, do some things and then that will clarify things a little more before I worry about making a statement,' he told the publication shortly after George H.W. Bush's funeral.

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OTHER HOBBIES: Jeff Sessions, who was ousted from his job as attorney general by President Donald Trump, smiles as he exercises during a brisk walk in November across the grounds of the U.S. Capitol where he served for 20 years as a Republican senator from Alabama

Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions (R) and family pause in front of the flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush lying in state at the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington on November 3, 2018

Alabama Democrat Doug Jones is considered vulnerable because of the state he represents after his victory over Judge Roy Moore, who was reported to have hit on teen girls when he was a state prosecutor in his 30s

A copy of Attorney General Jeff Sessions' resignation letter is photographed in Washington after he was forced out by President Trump

'I've been clearing my brain. I think that's a fair statement,' he added.

Sessions' name got floated soon after he was pushed out and replaced by acting attorney general Matt Whitaker.

But he would not have a lock on winning a primary in a state where President Trump is popular among Republicans. If Trump were to back another Republican against the man who he believes unleashed the Russia probe, it could do serious damage despite Sessions' continued name recognition in the conservative state.